Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9
दिग्वासाः सुप्रियालापस्ततस्ताः काममोहिताः । त्यक्त्वा पुत्रगृहाद्यं च सर्वास्तत्पृष्ठसंस्थिताः । बभूवुश्चानिशं राजन्मां भजस्वेति चाब्रुवन्
digvāsāḥ supriyālāpastatastāḥ kāmamohitāḥ | tyaktvā putragṛhādyaṃ ca sarvāstatpṛṣṭhasaṃsthitāḥ | babhūvuścāniśaṃ rājanmāṃ bhajasveti cābruvan
彼は方角を衣として（裸身で）甘美で愛らしい言葉を語った。すると欲に惑わされた彼女たちは、子や家など一切を捨て、皆が彼の背後に寄り添って立った。絶えず、王よ、彼女たちは「私と契りを結んで、私を愛して」といった。
Pulastya
Tirtha: Vālakhilya-āśrama
Type: kshetra
Listener: King (pārthiva)
Scene: The sages’ wives, overcome by desire, follow the ascetic figure; their sweet entreaties contrast with the sanctity of the hermitage; the king is addressed as witness to the moral unraveling.
FAQs
Kāma and moha can overpower social duty and discernment; purāṇic narration uses this to warn against uncontrolled desire.
The setting remains the Vālakhilya-āśrama; the verse itself emphasizes moral drama rather than tīrtha-phala.
None.